Shower bath



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n Patented June 22, 1926. i l u l l l UNITED STATES PATENT oFFI'cEH HUGHE. PITCHER, or BooN'roN, NEW JEEsEY;

` SHOWER BATH.

Application fuea March 28,1924. l serial No. 702,494.

The invention relates in general toa be threaded and Votherwise had toffollow shower bath of the curtainless type and parconventionalwater-pipe practice in vorder to ticularly relates to a portable basesupported insure against leakage. It has been found shower bath of thetype which is designed that threaded and packed connectionsiare to bedemountably att-ached tothe usual not necessary and the presentdisclosure fea- 60 bath tub fixtures withouty the .use of tools. tures asectional form of shower bath which In such devices heretofore known, itvhas can be fabricated to any desired height and been the usual practiceto secure the base the parts of which can be readily removed of theshower bath to the tub fixtures by and demounted without necessity ofin- V means ofhanging U-hooks, the lower ends of volved screwingoperations. 65 which were engaged by wing-nuts which Accordingly, theinvention features the were screwed Vinto position to cause theproviding of an upright water conduitl hooks to draw the attachment intoengageformed of demountable and interchangeable ment with the fixture.It was diflicult to sections which are connected simply by teleattainaccess to these nuts vand such fastening Scopingan end of one sectioninto a receiv- 70 means did not lend themselves readily to a ing end ofanother section. i l

quick demounting of the shower bath from Incidental to this 'generalobject, further the tub for it required the manipulation of desideratumof the invention are to provide four screws underneath the attachment.in a commercially vperfected type of such Further, the known forms ofattachments devices a construction, which combines 75 comprised amultiplicity of parts which strength with lightness, which does not werevery apt to become lost, vand from a warp or develop leaks with thealternate commercial standpoint had to be made of passage of hot andcold water therethrough, rather weak and easily bendable construcandwhich may be constructed economicall tion and in general did not providea form with the least possible amount of rened.80 of shower bathsuiliciently rugged to withmachinery parts and which as a matter ofstand rough usage. fact, may be formed almost entirely of cast-Accordingly,V one of the objects of the 1ngs,pressings and drawn tubing.invention is to provide a cheap form of Various other `objects andadvantages of shower bath which will have a pleasing and the inventionwill be in part obvious from apparently expensive appearance. This obaninspection of the accompanying drawings ject is attained first by theuse of an imand in part will be more fully set forth in Yproved form ofbase for the shower bath and YJthe followlng particular description ofone which due to its inclusion of elements for form ofmechanismembodying my invensecuring the bath as a whole will be retion,and the invention also consists in cer- 90 ferred to hereinafter as aholdfast, and sec- Ytain new and novel features of construction ond byan improved form of upstanding and combination of parts hereinafter setconduit leading to the usual shower heads. forthV and claimed. vReferring to the rst feature the `invention In the drawings, Figure l isa viewcin contemplates the providing of a hold-,fast Side elevation ofabath tub fitting, with for clamping the shower bath securely to partsbroken away, and with a preferred the bath tublixture` and which will becharembodiment of the invention positioned acterized by minimizing ofmovable parts, thereon and shown partially in axial sec- Vthe securingof the 4parts in the unit in such tion, and l waythat losses areminimized and which will Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view 100 atthe same time, provide a structure suihtaken on the line 2- 2 looking inthe diciently rugged to withstand the rough usage rection indicated bythel arrow. g to which such devices are liable to be sub- In thedrawings there is shown a bath tub jected when frequently mounted anddefixture l0 of conventional vdesign provided 50 mounted from theiroperative position on with the usual valve controlled hot-water 105different forms of tubs. faucet ll, and cold-water faucet l2, bothReferringspecically to the upright conleading to a mixing chamber lfromwhich duit feature it is noted that in shower baths depends an out-letnozzle 15 as is usual with now in general use7 lit was believed that thethe illustrated type of bath room fittings. joints fastening theseparable parts had to Y The shower bath selected to disclose the noinvention is of the base supported type and includes-a base 16 in theform of a-J-shaped casting. The Vcasting comprises a `verticallyextending tube 17, the lower end of which extends laterally to ,formaTf118.,1the'upper end'19 of the head ot which is designed to fit thenozzle 15 with a gasket 2() interposed therebetween as is usual in suchconnections. The lower end of the 'T is 4provided with an outlet 21 toconvey the water therefrom directly into the lbath tub and is providedwith a readily-removableclosure 22.

Thek casting` 16` is `provided above Athe vT 'with van integral :bracket23 which extends' laterally `from 'the upsta'nding' tube 17 and visspaced lfrom the T ya distance sutiicie'nt "to overhang the fixture 10.The outerend o'i' the sbracket '23 is enlarged vertically vand 1sprovided 'with 'a vertically extending aperture through Vwhich visthreadeda binding scre'w`24. -Itsa feature of'thisdiscl'osure thatreadyVaccess be .provided Ito :this screw in `order to Yitacilitate kthequick mounting and demounting of 'the/casting and 'for'this purpose theupper end' of 'the screw 'is provided with turning wings 25. These wingsare positioned iii-spacedrelation tothe asso- 'Ciated parts yoff the'shower bath and troni the Y tub and preferably extend Aabove the saineso that the screw -niay be easily turned through the vnut 26 and thusforcedinto lposition to clamp the Viittitng 10 between thejawspro-vide'd by the T andscrew. This nut is made relatively long so asto 'obtain a I'long bearing =`or the `screw as` vit passes through thebracket and this 4.long connec- Vtion tends lto minimize Adistortion ofthe screw when tlieshower bath Eis in use.

An -inverted 'U-slia'pedysaddle "27 is rov-Itatably `m`ounted on 'thelower end of `the -`screw'fjand includes depending arms Y28 and 29 whichstraddle fthe central portionof ithe fixture 101and assist 'inpreventing `any `tendency of the shower bath to rock about vvitsconnection with Vthe nozzle 15.

It may "be noted from the construction thus [described that .theVbasexof the shower bath comprises in eiiect but three-gparts, Va

1 2ca's`tiiig,a screw and a saddle, buttlie sad Jidle may lbe omitted.thus forming the base :of the shower bath solely of two clamping partswhich can not be separated. The

shower .bath hereindisclosed is marketedas ann article comprisingseveral tubular sec- 'itional parts .including the base qhereinbetore-vdescribech a head 30 of lconventional itorm waterfc'onduitslin that itAisolt larger-diaiiie` -ter than-such constructions now known and isV'formed of 'extremely thin gage tubing. 1n v:practice `this tubing Amayvbe so =th1n that and one or more lengths of connecting tub-' it isspringyV and yet possesses suiiicient strength to meet serviceirequirements. i

Instead or" the usLi-al=threaded 4vand other conventional forms ofwater-tight joints be- '.tween the'tubingfheretofore used in sectionalshower baths, lturesa telescoping of the end of one of .the sectionsinto the receiving end of the next adjacent section.

y tion to a slightly reduced external diameter,

butunifform in Idiameter Yfrom :end to ',eiid. t is iind'erstoodthat the-slio-wing of Vthis Ireduction lis much 'exaggerated iii-the drawing andin practice iit `has-been found snilicien-tto szlightlys'wedgethetlescoping end of each joint so that .itwill :simply have 'a snugitiiitlie receiving'endoi each adjacent section. It has k'been -foundthat Vifone tube telescopes the other ttor a material distance ynoleakageoccurs when the shower is inop- -eration even'though there `isaiiiateriitl pressure .on theavater supply `as is the case -of citypressure in some communities. Ingen- -erall,'it has Ebeen `found thatwhen the tele scoped distance is greater than the vdiameter o'l' lthetelescoped parts "no 'leakage occurs. V'Wdiile the disclosure `featurcsa snug v`watertight nt it is understood 'thatthis yfit 3is iiotso snugEthat the parts can not be separated by `1a vmanually idirected pullseparating the parts in their longitudinal direction.

'In operation fthe'base casting with -or without the other sectionalparts .iis f'disp'osed in position `on ithe faucet, the V:screw `is`advanced towards the faucet land the saddle is ldisposed iii lpositionStr'addling the Liix'ture Aafter which the screwi-s tightened up :se-

v curely to fhold '-the'casting lin i'the upright 'position'shown inF-i'gure V1. Ifalowshower is desired, thecrook neck v32y od? the head istelescoped into direct engagement"with l.the `.tube 16 foi-the castingV*and is rotated ahou'tthe axis ofthe ltube so las to point 'the head inthe direction *in which the 'Water stream Lis lto be projected.

, :Should :a high :shower bjedesir'ed, one. 'or Amore of'theintermediate 'tubes `'31 Vare 'dis- VKposed between '-the base `and head30 "andin telescoped engagement -witheach other `and with the :base andEhead/as previously 'sugsgested.` f f Y 'By 'means o-'aldeviicje-othecharacter 'described itis jp'ossible fto 'provide aa holdiast which willbein the form/cita single castingv yfand A`v vliich will feature lthequick mounting of aVj shower bathfon tubs having "different forms ofwater fixtures. The shower bath 1 i an Vbe yreadily adjustedfitorfdiiierent heights and itis within the'scopefof thedisclosure itoprovide fdiierent'or-ms of `replaceable Vheads and other ormsfofdischarge nozzles.

the present disclosure fea-- The device can be easily demounted and asopposite ends of the tubes are exposed the several parts can be easilycleaned and dried. The device as a whole can be easily collapsed into asmall place and arranged to fit compactly in a small hand Satchel.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In a shower bath, a holdfast for clamping the same to a bath tubfaucet and coniprising a single casting including an upstanding tubewith its upper end reduced to provide a telescopic fit in a superposedtubular section, a T forming a continuation of the lower end of theupstanding tube, the upper end of the head of said T fashioned to lit adepending outlet of the faucet and constituting the fixed element of aclamping device, and the lower end of the head opened to discharge intothe tub a bracket extending rigidly and laterally from the upstandingtube above the T, and Vbelow the reduced end, the outer end of thebracket provided with a threaded aperture forming a long bearing nut, ascrew threaded through the nut and provided at its upper end with wingspositioned relatively close to the tube and provided at its lower endwith a saddle for bearing down on the tub faucet and thus forming themovable element of the clamping device.

2. In a shower bath, a holdfast for clamping the same to the bath tubfaucet and comprising a single casting including an upstanding tube, a Tforming a continuation of the lower end ofthe upstanding tube, the upperend of the head of said T positioned to fit a depending outlet of thefaucet and constituting the fixed element of a clamping device, abracket extending rigidly and laterally from the upstanding tube above.the T, and below the reduced end, the outer end of the bracket lprovidedwith a threaded apertureV forming a long bearing nut, a. screw threadedthrough the nut and provided at its lower .end with a saddle for bearingdown on the tub faucet and thus forming the movable element of theclamping device, said saddle being of inverted U-shape rotatably mountedat the lower end of the screw to straddle the fixture and assistinrpreventing the shower bathY from rocking about its connection withthe faucet.

3. In a shower bath, a holdfast for clamping the same to the bath tubfaucet and cornprising an upstanding tube adapted to be positioned influid communication with the faucet, an extension for overlapping thefaucet, a screw threaded through the extension and an inverted U-shapedsaddle rotatably carried by the lower end of the screw and adapted tostraddle the faucet and to be forced down by thescrew into bearingengagement with the faucet.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 14th day of March, A. D. 1924.

HUGH B. PITCHER.

